Unit 9: Manifest Destiny

Which term was used to describe the idea that Americans had a "God given right" to possess the entire continent

• Manifest Destiny

• Fifty-Four Forty or Fight

• Lone Star Republic

• "Remember the Alamo!"

Who is known for exploring the Rocky Mountains?

• Lewis Merriwether

• Zebulon Pike

• Big Justice

• Rocky Balboa

What was one reason President James Polk started the Mexican-American War?

• He was bored and had nothing better to do

• to gain New Mexico and California

• Mexicans were invading the new state of Texas

• To show Spain that the US was superior

Which of these was a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• Mexico had to pay the USA for the land the destroyed during the war

• Mexico gave up all if its territory to USA

• Mexico gave up 1/2 it's territory to USA

• Mexico allowed it's citizens to practice other religions than Catholicism

What does this painting (American Progress) represent?

• Giant angels in the sky leading people somewhere over the rainbow

• The spread of knowledge & technology to the west

• The Oregon Trail; this is the cover to the classic computer game

• Paint

According to Massachusetts legislator, Charles Sumner, why did people move west?

• spread democracy

• more resources

• to expand slavery

This group of people brought ranching, mining, and irrigation techniques to the United States

• Cowboys

• Chinese

• Mexicanos

• Protestants

How did Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny affect slavery in the United States?

• Adding new states complicated the balance of free and slave states

• US would enslave Native Americans as they moved westward

• Enslaved people would travel west for freedom

Who are Osceola and Chief Billy Bowlegs?

• Seminole leaders that refused to relocate westward

• The first Florida Mayors

• Seminole leaders who wanted to move westward

• The winners of Squid Games

Which treaty was signed near St Augustine and moved the Seminoles to central Florida?

• Moultrie Creek

• Gadsden Purchase

• Dade County

• Guadalupe Hildalgo